Re: root passwd lost
- In reply to: Frank Hwa : "root passwd lost"
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:46:50 UTC
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 7:33 PM Frank Hwa <frank@tomatoservers.com> wrote: > > Can you help me with the case I lost my root password for the dedicated > server which has freebsd installed? > > Thanks in advance. Easy, you just need console access. First reboot it. At the loader prompt, select "Boot single user". Then after the kernel loads you'll find yourself automatically at a root prompt, without needing to login. Change your password using passwd, then exit the shell to continue normal boot. You may need to remount your / filesystem rw in order to change the password. That can be done with "mount -u -w /" -Alan